Synonyms of legible

legible

adjective

ˈle-jə-bəl 

as in understandable

capable of being understood

an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understandable
• accessible
• comprehensible
• intelligible
• coherent
• comprehendible
• graspable
• scrutable
• apprehensible
• fathomable
• decipherable
• simple
• straightforward
• articulate
• plain
• fluent
• well-spoken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomprehensible
• incoherent
• obscure
• inscrutable
• mysterious
• insensible
• cryptic
• esoteric
• inarticulate

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of legible

Clinical notes are now legible and easy to retrieve but often bloated with unnecessary, duplicative, and, at times, unintelligible content. —Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

Today, almost none of it is legible, just layer upon layer of scribblings documenting romance, rivalry, celebration, and mourning through the years. —Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024

One photo circulating widely appeared to show a mangled pager with some legible make and model information that may point to the Gold Apollo AP-900 alphanumeric pager. —Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024

This productive tension, between legible references and slippery, subterranean mood, became something of Casebere’s signature style. —Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024